G/TBT/N/BDI/157  
G/TBT/N/KEN/1149  
G/TBT/N/RWA/548  
G/TBT/N/TZA/645  
G/TBT/N/UGA/1463  
12 October 2021  
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Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade  Original:  English  
 
  
NOTIFICATION  
The following notification is being circulated in accordance with Article 10.6  
 
1. Notifying Member:  BURUNDI, KENYA, RWANDA, TANZANIA, UGANDA   
If applicable, name of local government involved (Article 3.2 and 7.2):   
2. Agency responsible:   
Burundi Bureau of Standards and Quality Control (BBN)  
Boulevard de la Tanzanie N° 500  
BP: 3535 Bujumbura, Burundi  
Tel: 25722221577/+25722281045  
E- Mail: info@bbnburundi.org  
Web site: www.bbnburundi.org  
Name and address (including telephone and fax numbers , email and website 
addresses, if available) of agency or authority designated to handle comments 
regarding the notification shall be indicated if diff erent from above:   
3. Notified under Article 2.9.2 [X], 2.10.1 [   ], 5.6.2 [X], 5.7.1 [   ], other :  
4. Products covered (HS or CCCN where applicable, otherwise national tariff 
heading. ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable):  Sugar and 
sugar products (ICS 67.180.10)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  Chewing gum 
— Specification (12 page(s), in English)  
6. Description of content:  This East African Standard specifies the requirements, sampling 
and test methods for chewing gum. This standard also applies to bubblegum.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  Consumer information, labelling; Protection of human health or safety; 
Quality requirements; H armonization  
8. Relevant documents:   
• AOAC 971.21, Official Method Mercury in Food Flameless Atomic Absorption 
Spectrophotometric Method  
• AOAC 986.15, Official Method for determination of Arsenic, Cadmium, Lead, 
Selenium and Zinc in Human and Pet Foods  
• CAC/GL 50 , General guidelines for sampling  
• CAC/GL 66, Guidelines for the use of flavourings  
• CAC/GL 75; Guidelines on substances used as processing aids  
• CODEX STAN 192, General standard for food additives  G/TBT/N/BDI/157, G/TBT/N/KEN/1149, G/TBT/N/RWA/548, G/TBT/N/TZA/645, 
G/TBT/N/UGA/1463  
 
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  • EAS 12, Potable water — Specification   
• EAS 38 , Label ling of pre -packaged foods — Specification  
• EAS 39 , Hygiene for food and drink manufacturing industry — Code of practice  
• ICUMSA GS 4/7/8/5 -2, Determination of sucrose by gas chromatography in 
molasses and factory products - official; and cane juice —Tentative  
• ISO 4832, Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs — Horizontal method 
for the enumeration of coliforms —Colony count technique  
• ISO 5377, Starch hydrolysis products — Determination of reducing power and 
dextrose equivalent — Lane and Eynon constant titre method  
• ISO 5379 , Starches and derived products — Determination of sulphur dioxide 
content — Acidimetric method and nephelometric method  
• ISO 5809 , Starches and derived products — Determination of sulphated ash  
• ISO 6579 -1, Microbiology o f the food chain — Horizontal method for the 
detection, enumeration and serotyping of Salmonella  — Part 1: Detection 
of Salmonella  spp. 
• ISO 21527 -2, Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs — Horizontal 
method for the enumeration of yeasts and moulds  — Part 2: Colony count 
technique in products with water activity less than or equal to 0,95  
9. Proposed date of adoption:  To be determined  
Proposed date of entry into force:  6 months from adoption  
10. Final date for comments:  60 days from notification  
11. Texts available from:  National enquiry point [X] or address, telephone and fax 
numbers and email and website addresses, if available , of other body:   
Documentation and Information Centre Division at BBN  
Boulevard de la Tanzanie N° 500  
BP: 3535 Bujumbura, Burundi  
Tel: +25722221815 or +25722221577  
E- Mail: info@bbnburundi.org  
Website: www.bbnburundi.org  
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